Senior / Principal Structural Engineer

Verve Partners; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Verve Partners in Newcastle is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer to deliver major structural projects from concept through delivery. You will lead technical design, guide a team of engineers, and build strong client relationships with mining, resources and heavy industry clients.

This Newcastle-based role offers leadership runway within a growing East Coast practice, with national backing and scope to shape how this offering grows and how projects are delivered locally.

Qualifications

• BEng or higher in Civil/Structural required.
• CPEng strongly preferred.
• Experience delivering in mining/resources/heavy industry sectors.
• Proven leadership of engineering teams and client engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural engineering projects from concept through delivery.
• Provide technical leadership across design and execution.
• Develop proposals, tenders and client submissions.
• Build and maintain senior client relationships.
• Mentor engineers as workload grows.

Skills

Senior leadership

Client relationships

Proposal leadership

Education

BEng or higher in Civil/Structural

CPEng preferred

Job description

Senior structural opportunity with a long-established, highly regarded consultancy growing its East Coast team.

Our client is a long-established, highly regarded multidisciplinary consultancy with a strong reputation across the Australian engineering market. They’re growing a specialist team here on the East Coast, backed by a strong project pipeline and structural engineering work already coming through the door.

They now need a Principal Structural Engineer in Newcastle to deliver it.

Why this role is different

• Genuine leadership runway – A senior appointment in a growing part of the business, reporting at national level. This will suit someone who engages well with clients and leads credibly, has a clear and realistic path to broader East Coast leadership. That’s a live intention, not a distant maybe.
• A build, not a caretake – An established team with momentum, national backing, and real scope to shape how this offering grows and who joins it.
• The technical bench of a major consultancy – This sits inside the wider business rather than off to the side, so you have full access to the broader engineering resource on complex multidisciplinary work.
• Substantial projects – Major capital works, sustaining capital, materials handling and large-scale multidisciplinary engineering.
• Newcastle-based – No relocation, no FIFO, no Sydney commute – serious scope and seniority from the Hunter.

What the role covers

• Lead and deliver structural engineering projects from concept through to delivery
• Provide technical leadership across structural design and project execution
• Prepare and contribute to proposals, tenders and client submissions
• Develop and hold senior client relationships
• Identify and help convert new project opportunities
• Build the structural capability; mentor and develop engineers as workload grows
• Contribute to the strategic direction of the East Coast business
• Stay involved through delivery, not just at the front end

Who they’re looking for

• Senior Structural Engineer, Principal or Engineering Leader with a strong record delivering projects across mining, resources or heavy industry
• BEng or higher in Civil/Structural. CPEng strongly preferred, though the right technical depth, leadership and market standing can outweigh it
• Someone who has worked directly with mining clients and industrial asset owners and is comfortable and credible in front of them
• Commercially minded, with experience preparing proposals, scopes and submissions
• An established network across the mining, resources, engineering or infrastructure sectors
• Leadership experience: building teams, mentoring engineers, lifting capability
• The confidence and commercial maturity to operate with real autonomy

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